1971-August-6
Aphrodite 1971
Hakone Aphrodite Hakone, Japan
Disc 1 - 44.42
1 Green Is The Colour 3.15
2 Careful With That Axe Eugene 11.11
3 Echoes (full of edits) 7.06
4 Atom Heart Mother 15.50
5 Cymbaline 7.20 no footsteps
This is a superb performance by Floyd. Has one of the best 1971 performances
of AHM (great vocals). Contains a rare performance of Cymbaline w/o the
footsteps (the only other one I can recall is from 70-Mar-13). Unlike the
70-Mar-13 performance, which has a brief period of silence where the footsteps
should have been (sounds like something went wrong with the sound effects),
there is a nice, smooth transition here (as if they did not plan on doing the
footsteps at all). To me, this is the preferable way to play the song, as the
mood of the song remains unbroken. Both the crowd and band seem to be enjoying
themselves and spreading good vibes to each other. The crowd begins to clap in
rhythm during Cymbaline. Just when this begins to get annoying, it sort of peters
out. Echoes is a complete mess. It kicks in during the vocals, then skips some
of the jam and the echo section, then kicks in again prior to the last vocals,
then cuts the last bit of the song. Though a mess, some Echoes is better than
no Echoes :) The sound quality of this show is easily VG+. I highly recommend
this show.
The Aphrodite 1971 release is supposedly a de-clicked version of Aphrodite.